In 1944, legendary director William Wyler won Best Documentary honors from the National Board of Review for chronicling the 25th and last bombing mission of the "Memphis Belle," a B-17 Flying Fortress named after the captain's girlfriend. Nearly half a century later, David Puttnam and Wyler's daughter Catherine produced this slightly fictionalized treatment of that true story. (In this version the Belle bombs Dresden instead of the submarine pens of Wilhelmshafen.) Matthew Modine, as the plane's captain, is backed by an all-star cast of John Lithgow, David Strathairn, Eric Stoltz, Billy Zane, D.B. Sweeney, Tate Donovan, and Harry Connick Jr. George Fenton's rousing musical score earned a BAFTA nomination.